Storm log
Sunday, March 12, 2017
4 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service logged four storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued a winter storm warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 4 in.Reported 6:30 p.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 6 in.In Waseca
- Storm reports
- 4Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, 1 p.m. to 9:19 a.m.
- In 2017: Rice County's third day with a winter storm warning, and the seventh storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 1 p.m. to 9:19 a.m., March 13; over Faribault
- 4 storm reports, 6:30 to 9:35 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each (snow and rain totals at the time they were measured).
- Temperature 10° to 23°
- Wind gusts to 20 mph
- Pressure 30.25 to 30.50 in.
High 23° at 12:14 p.m., low 10° at 1:34 a.m. Peak gust 20 mph at 12:54 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (1 p.m. to midnight). The airport reports about every 20 minutes, so a gust between its reports isn't in this record. Pressure is its altimeter setting, in inches of mercury. Over The airport's day Midnight to midnight standard time all year (1 a.m. to 1 a.m. in daylight time): the day the airport's high and low cover. This site's report card: midnight to midnight standard time.
- Snow total 4
- Faribault
- 20 miles
Readings saved when the warning ended
Chanhassen radar (KMPX), saved during the warning
Within 20 miles of Faribault, from the National Weather Service; the numbers match the map.
- Faribault 1
- Kenyon 1
- Owatonna 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Snow 4 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | TV or radio |
| 2 | 6:30 p.m. | Snow 4 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | TV or radio |
| 3 | 7:20 p.m. | Snow 3.2 in. | in Kenyon | 14 miles east of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 4 | 9:35 p.m. | Snow 6 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
Each opens to its details. “What happened” is this site's own check, not the National Weather Service's verification: a report of the warning's kind, at warning size, inside its outline while it was in effect.
Winter storm warning 1 p.m. to 9:19 a.m., March 13 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 1 p.m.
- In effect until
- 9:19 a.m., March 13
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Feb. 23, 2018: 6 inches of snow 3 miles east-northeast of Montgomery
- Feb. 20, 2011: Up to 5.5 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
- Feb. 18, 2020: 3.5 inches of snow in Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Snow, as this one's is, nearest in largest snow report, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.